Getting the Marriage Conversation Right, a guide for effective dialogue

"Have you ever been in a discussion about marriage and not known how to explain it in non-religious terms? Have you ever had conversations around the Thanksgiving dinner table with extended family members and heard all kinds of opinions about the purpose of marriage and who should be allowed to marry?

If you have children or grandchildren, have you struggled to answer the tough questions that they bring home from school? Have you ever had difficulty explaining the difference between civil and religious marriage or why the government should be in the business of sanctioning marriages at all? Perhaps you too have some unanswered questions about marriage."